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Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: Definitely not.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: That is not true.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way he plans to reform pension policy in the short-term. [43868/10]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the potential 2011 and full year revenue gain from raising the PRSI ceiling to €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41648/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the value added tax status of fourth schedule goods; the revenue that could be raised on a 2011 and full year basis by imposing the lower VAT rate or the standard rate on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43936/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals received by the Social Welfare Appeals Office in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 to date; the number of staff, or full-time equivalents, assigned to processing these appeals for each of these years; the average length of the appeals process for person's in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the...

Corporation Tax Rate: Motion (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: I wish to share time with Deputy Ó Snodaigh today and with Deputy Penrose tomorrow.

Corporation Tax Rate: Motion (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: Given Ireland is now engaged in this pretty awful process of having to be bailed out or dug out by at least three international organisations, the European Central Bank, the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund, together with a number of individual countries such as the United Kingdom and Sweden which have offered bilateral assistance to Ireland, it appears there is a list...

Corporation Tax Rate: Motion (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: He was the Minister for Finance in the 1950s, when there was the development of the world famous concept of the Shannon free airport development area and the notion of tax-free zones as a way of developing in countries which otherwise lacked employment specific areas where foreign investment would be attracted and would not be troubled too much by local tax rates because they were exporting...

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: We have a perfectly serviceable and costly Department of Finance, which has facilities for press conferences. Will the Minister tell us at this point what is the amount of the loan, the assistance and the facilities he and the Government propose to seek? We have need for money under three headings. First, we need at least another €20 billion for the banks, and some would say perhaps €40...

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: I have a question for the Minister which is pertinent to Greece. As I understand it, Greece is reviewed by the IMF team every quarter. I spoke today with a person from Greece who is familiar with what the country is going through. I understand that reviewing data every quarter is part of what the IMF does as its standard template. The Minister made a distinction when he said the ECB and...

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: They are never here.

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: They are not present.

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: I thank the Chair. The interruption is not a problem. I speak of our absent friends. I do not know whether we are toasting them but let us note the absent friends. I do not know of an economy which has been deflated back to recovery. This is a fundamental issue and there must be a debate about it. The Irish Labour Party has made a proposal, modelled on what Germany did after the Second...

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: We do not have to draw down all of the funding but the worst thing in the world would be to negotiate an inadequate contingency. Then, as with the failed bank guarantee and the failed NAMA, we would have to creep back and look for more. At that point we really would be in a place from which it would be difficult to see a hopeful return.

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: With the agreement of the House-----

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: The interest rate falls with the term because one expects the country to be solvent again in ten years.

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: That is no longer the case.

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: The British Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne and the Swedish finance minister have indicated that they expect that their money will be available to Ireland at a rate of approximately 3%. Mr. Regling and other sources have indicated that Mr. Regling's fund essentially will be priced at 300 basis points of a penalty above the German rates. This probably means a rate of at least...

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: What negotiations is the Minister undertaking to prevent Ireland from been killed in the same fashion? Second, can the Minister confirm that the four-year plan to be published tomorrow will in effect be the letter of intent? The letter of intent is the formal application by the Government and it precedes the memorandum of understanding. Can the Minister state whether the four-year plan to...